View full sizeAP PhotoPublic officials will join Chrysler Group LLC and United Auto Workers representatives Tuesday to dedicate the automakerâs âstate-of-the-artâ World Class Manufacturing Academy in Warren.

Public officials are expected to join representatives from Chrysler Group LLC and United Auto Workers union Tuesday to dedicate the automaker’s “state-of-the-art” World Class Manufacturing Academy in Warren.

The 25,000-square-foot academy’s mission “is to transfer WCM ‘know-how’ to more than 1,200 participants each year and cultivate an enriched culture of continuous improvement and learning.

Academy participants spend about 80 percent of their time at the academy -- located at the UAW-Chrysler Technology Training Center -- in laboratories designed to provide hands-on experiences, officials say.

Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel, Warren Mayor Jim Fouts, Chrysler Senior Vice President of Manufacturing and World Class Manufacturing Scott Garberding and Vice President of UAW Chrysler Department General Holiefield are expected to attend the 10 a.m. ceremony.